More than one in five people aged between 15 and 49 globally or 846 million people live with a genital herpes infection, according to an estimate by the World Health Organization (WHO). Every second, ...

Infection with the virus that’s the main cause of cold sores may double a person’s risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. Adding to growing evidence of a link between the two, further ...

The question: Do condoms, which provide significant protection against HIV, offer similar protection against herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes? This study: It combined data ...

Common infections such as CMV and HSV-2 are linked to domain-specific cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults.

Genital herpes cost the world $35.3 billion (€32.9 billion) in medical care and lost productivity in a single year, new estimates show. In 2016, the viral strain that causes genital herpes (HSV-2) and ...

New research on herpes infections of the eye adds to the understanding of how to target anti-viral drugs A new study on herpes infections of the eye from University of Illinois Chicago researchers ...

Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating ...

CHICAGO -- Pregnant women infected with the genital herpes virus may face an increased risk of having children who develop schizophrenia and other mental disorders, research suggests. "Whether the ...

Chewing gum made from beans has been shown to reduce the viral load of some strains of herpes and influenza, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.